Reposted by Joanna SmeetonTessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Do you know an outstanding aquarist? We're hiring a Senior Aquarist to help run our cephalopod facility at Columbia University. Our team maintains a colony of 250+ cuttlefish, develops new husbandry techniques (inc transgenics) & studies cuttlefish camouflage and social behavior. 1/3 [Pls repost!] 9395188
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026En route to #ORS2026. Very grateful to the TSA agents for processing us as quickly as possible this morning. 2.5hrs in the security line at LGA Terminal C. 28115
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Attended our first MARZ meeting today. A wonderful day of science and community building! 🧪 #zebrafish 031
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonCecilia Moens @cbmoens.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The new @IZFS News Splash is out! IZFS.org/newssplash/news-splash-issue-21-winter-2026 . Check it out for a SCZI meeting report, Alternatives to Academia (alliance management), Science Spotlight articles, member news and more!izfs.orgNews Splash Issue 21 Winter 2026 | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society 032
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonGettin' Fishy With It Podcast @gettinfishypod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026For #BlackHistoryMonth and International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we wanted to highlight a few organizations you should follow and support! We'll link their websites, be sure to check them out!media.tenor.coma man in a suit says check this out in yellow lettersALT: a man in a suit says check this out in yellow letters 154
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonPeter Fabian @fabianlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Thinking about EZM2026 in Vienna? 🐟 Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs. 7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15 Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish 01110
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Working with #zebrafish you might expect us all to be from the Water Tribe, but representatives from all nations of the world of #Avatarthelastairbender turned out to represent the Smeeton lab at our Columbia Stem Cell Hallowe'en party this year! 020
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... 02116
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonNY-CURES @nycures.bsky.social · 02/10/2025The BIGGEST impact you can have with 1 minute today ⏱️ Add your name to show NY is ready for a statewide biomedical institute. CA’s CIRM & TX’s CPRIT proved it works—billions returned, jobs created, cures accelerated. Let’s do even better for New York. ✍️ www.nycures.org/nycures.orgNew York Cures – NY-CURESNew York Cures WebsiteNY-CURES is working to advance bold, state-backed investment in biomedical research—on the scale of successful initiatives in California and Texas—to grow New York’s leadership in science, innovation, and health. 077
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025📣🧪 Read our latest #research on joint regeneration in #zebrafish, published today in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @columbiauniversity.bsky.socialnature.comDynamic cell fate plasticity and tissue reintegration drive functional adult synovial joint regeneration after complete resection - Nature CommunicationsJoint injury and disease are leading causes of disability, with mammalian joints exhibiting poor regenerative capacity. Here the authors showed that after loss of a whole joint, adult zebrafish regenerate de novo articular cartilage, ligament, and synovium into a complex joint organ. 1112
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025🍾🧪The end of an era! Today we said so long to Dr. Troy Anderson. Troy was the very first person to join me in the Smeeton lab. He just defended his PhD and is off to start his postdoc next month. We will miss you Troy!! #proudPI @troy-anderson.bsky.social #zebrafish 181
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonOrthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Register now for an ORS Tendon Section #WebinarWednesday on Sept 24, 12 PM CST, A Tendon-cy to Heal: Regenerating Tendons & Ligaments in Zebrafish. Hear from Thomas Schilling, Jenna Galloway & Joanna Smeeton on the latest #tendon & ligament regeneration. 🔗 ors.memberclicks.net/ten092425web#/ 164
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Due to their aquatic environment, #zebrafish are perfect for small molecule drug screens. Many drugs have been repurposed for novel treatments such as COX inhibitors in leukemia & glucocorticoids in long QT syndrome. For more, read this Nature review ($): doi.org/10.1038/nrd4... #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪 0187
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Revascularization of coronary endothelial cells during zebrafish heart regeneration. Credit to @harrisonlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪 06113
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonShawn Burgess @burgesslab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Some exciting news! NCBI has finished the annotation pipeline for our new #zebrafish reference sequence GRCz12tu: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/annot... This is a big step up in data depth and quality and should be super helpful going forward.ncbi.nlm.nih.govDanio rerio Annotation ReportTwitterFacebookLinkedInGitHubNCBI Insights BlogTwitterFacebookYoutube 16822
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonInternational Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025We are excited to announce our next issue of #NewsSplash has been published! To keep up with all the latest #zebrafish news, be sure to check it out here: www.izfs.org/newssplash/n...izfs.orgNews Splash Issue 19 Spring 2025 | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society 073
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Happy birthday to Canadian medical researcher & #biochemist Maud Menten (1879-1960). 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬 #histscj Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme histochemistry, still used in imaging of 🧵 317970
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Heading back to NYC full of fresh ideas and new questions to explore after a wonderful visit with the fantastic faculty and trainees @cuanschutz.bsky.social Thanks again for the invitation to share our work on craniofacial joint regeneration! 060
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonInternational Zebrafish Society @izfs.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Abstract submissions for the 19th IZFC are now open! Registration to the conference is required to submit an abstract. Register and submit here today! www.izfs.org/education/19...izfs.orgAbstracts | IZFS 113
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonScience Magazine @science.org · 10/02/2025Breaking news: 22 states are suing to block NIH’s cutting of indirect costs. See our updated story on the Friday night news and its aftermath. scim.ag/4hTJQ6vscim.agNIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage and lawsuitMove to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars 5410162
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 08/02/2025"We need eachother more than ever before" #ORS2025 040
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/20251. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 25469994078
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZebrafish Information Network (ZFIN) @zfinmod.bsky.social · 03/02/2025ZFIN is now on Bluesky! 02713
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.washingtonpost.comWhite House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusionThe Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments. 15754324014329
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonCrump Lab @crumplab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Nice article in Scientific American about our work on outer ear evolution and a complimentary study from the lab of Maksim Plikus on role of unique lipids in mammalian ear cartilage. www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-...scientificamerican.comOur Ears Share a Common Ancestry with Fish GillsThe genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears 0265
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Sox10 is required for systemic initiation of bone mineralization Read this #OpenAccess Research Article by Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske & co. @cincyresearch.bsky.social : journals.biologists.com/dev/article… 0179
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonMegan Killian @megankillian.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Are you a trainee in the @orssociety.bsky.social Tendon Section, and are the presenting author on an abstract at this year's meeting? If you are going to be at the annual meeting, sign up to compete in the 3-minute-thesis competition! $$ prizes will be awarded! forms.gle/WneTNbVpuECP...forms.gle2025 ORS Tendon Section: 3 Minute Thesis competitionWe invite you to apply to give a short presentation (think “elevator pitch” or short TED talk) to share your thesis research/concept to your peers! This contest is designed for you to communicate your... 0105
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonScience Magazine @science.org · 15/01/2025Slow-motion videos reveal tree frogs making some of the most dramatic landings in nature. Learn more: scim.ag/4gTAurn 30964276
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonGettin' Fishy With It Podcast @gettinfishypod.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Season 3 is here! Hear about our thoughts on season 2, and what we look forward to in season 3! From live streams to live panels at massive gaming conventions, 2024 was so incredible! 2025 is already shaping up to be an amazing year for the podcast, so be sure to tune in! 022
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024📢🧪For your holiday travel reading, check out our new pre-print! Using a new joint resection injury model, we describe an innate regeneration program in adult #zebrafish that reestablishes all major synovial joint cell types, including lubricated articular cartilage. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.org 33811
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonOndine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 26/11/2024My WISMAC co-chair and partner in crime Kimberly Kho sent me this. It reminded her of Sharon Reimold who recently passed. We celebrate Sharon’s vision and leadership. Also a reminder that in science, it’s important we celebrate each other’s victories and awesomeness now and openly. Be generous. 13713
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonPeter Fabian @fabianlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Check out how #neuralcrest cells 🔬 migrate (animal= #zebrafish, white cells=sox10+, start=10 somites stage, anterior=top) 417834
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonSarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 14/11/2024To help connect researchers in the #osteoarthritis #musculoskeletal and #ortho fields, @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social and I have started an MSK Research Starter Pack. It’s early days, but please me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/DJVukXR 9179
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The latest recording of the Bristol Zebrafish Zoom Talks (#BZZT) is now available to watch on our Slack Pro tankspace. The fishy talk from @smeetonlab.bsky.social is titled, ““Decoding progenitor activation in new models of joint cartilage and ligament regeneration in zebrafish.” Go watch! 😊 0133
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonPeter Fabian @fabianlab.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Back in Crump Lab we did some nice imaging with @smeetonlab.bsky.social #zebrafish 😍 0181
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 11/11/2024We joined the trend of Starter Packs! Check out our (non-exhaustive) list of Group Leaders & Senior Scientists that work with our favorite fishes! #zebrafish go.bsky.app/2cHYybY 🧪 146738
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonÇağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 11/11/2024I love how the scientific community here is growing. Here, I started a list of regenerative biologist: go.bsky.app/MGXL9Ra 195324
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonCrystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 12/02/2024Please check out our recent perspective paper, “Pluripotency of a founding field: rebranding developmental biology.” Huge thanks to the 50 scientists who came to California to discuss the future of #DevBio and contributed to the paper, and thanks to NSF for $! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...journals.biologists.comPluripotency of a founding field: rebranding developmental biologyABSTRACT. The field of developmental biology has declined in prominence in recent decades, with off-shoots from the field becoming more fashionable and highly funded. This has created inequity in disc... 12619
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonJosh Barber @joshbarbershop.bsky.social · 19/01/2024Lovely piece on the fish scientists I’m lucky to support! They are all rock stars! @smeetonlab.bsky.social www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/fishing...cuimc.columbia.eduFishing for Insights into Human DiseaseIn this photo essay, Columbia researchers explain how they are using zebrafish and killifish to gain insights into human health and disease. 011
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 21/12/2023I'm so thankful for an excellent 2023 with this talented crew. I mean, c'mon, look at our lab's festive door with their hand-made avatars☃️🐧🎁🏔️. Happy Holidays! 010
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2023🎉 Today we said farewell to our lab's first undergraduate researcher, Eric Mao. Eric has been working closely with Troy over the past three years and has been an absolutely stellar lab member. He is med school bound next year. Congrats Eric! We will miss you! 🎉 010
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2023🎃 Well, this year my lab finally got tired of working with zebrafish. But, we didnt just want to start working with rodents, we thought we'd try being rodents! Happy Halloween from these lab rats! 🎃 110
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 31/10/2023Happy Halloween to the foolish and freaky fry out there! Credit artwork to the talented Priyanka Oberoi 🎃🧌 082
Reposted by Joanna SmeetonLaura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 30/10/2023Reminder that the Big Ten Academic Alliance Fee Waiver program gives waivers for 15 schools' PhD programs (including OSU astro and OSU physics) for US citizen students w/ 3.0+ GPAs and diverse backgrounds! Easy form to complete due by Nov 15. btaa.org/resources-fo... 5106110
Joanna Smeeton @smeetonlab.bsky.social · 19/09/2023🧪 📣 Tendon/ligament/regeneration/zebrafish enthusiasts! I'm pleased to announce that Troy and Julia's paper on dedifferentiation and ECM remodeling in ligament regeneration is out today in npj Regenerative Medicine. Look ma, no scars! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🥳 So proud of the whole team! 🥳 142